A new study sheds light on the action of the drug ezetimibe (trade name Zetia), which is used to treat high cholesterol. Ezetimibe is unique among cholesterol-lowering drugs in that it works by cutting the amount of cholesterol taken in from the diet rather than by blocking cholesterol's manufacture in the body. Source: ScienceDaily: Latest Science News | 9 Jun 2008 | 9:00 pm
Teenagers who excessively use their cell phone are more prone to disrupted sleep, restlessness, stress and fatigue. When compared to subjects with restricted use of cell phones, young people with excessive use of cell phones (both talking and text messaging) have increased restlessness with more careless lifestyles, more consumption of stimulating beverages, difficulty in falling asleep and disrupted sleep, and more susceptibility to stress and fatigue. They behave more like larks than owls, suggesting a delayed biological clock. Source: ScienceDaily: Latest Science News | 9 Jun 2008 | 9:00 pm
Like a wristwatch that needs to be wound daily for accurate time-telling, the human circadian system -- the biological cycles that repeat approximately every 24 hours -- requires daily light exposure to the eye's retina to remain synchronized with the solar day. Researchers have demonstrated that when it comes to the circadian system, not all light exposure is created equal. Source: ScienceDaily: Latest Science News | 9 Jun 2008 | 9:00 pm
Scientists working at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center have concocted an innovative recipe for giant telescope mirrors on the Moon. To make a mirror that dwarfs anything on Earth, just take a little bit of carbon, throw in some epoxy, and add lots of lunar dust. Source: ScienceDaily: Latest Science News | 9 Jun 2008 | 9:00 pm
With new bridge-building materials, industrial production methods, and an efficient construction process, it will be possible to start using a bridge only two weeks after construction starts on the site. Source: ScienceDaily: Latest Science News | 9 Jun 2008 | 9:00 pm
When Sammie Bush mentioned to his doctor that he sometimes felt something in the back of his throat, he didn't expect to learn that he had cancer or that he would be the first patient at the University of Illinois Medical Center at Chicago to undergo photodynamic therapy -- a new procedure that uses light to destroy cancer. Source: ScienceDaily: Latest Science News | 9 Jun 2008 | 9:00 pm
The road to death or differentiation follows a similar course in embryonic stem cells according to new research in the journal Cell Stem Cell. Caspases, known as 'killer enzymes,' that are activated during programmed cell death, are also active in the initial phases of cell differentiation, according to researchers. Source: ScienceDaily: Latest Science News | 9 Jun 2008 | 6:00 pm
One of the great scientific challenges is to understand the design principles and origins of the human brain. New research has shed light on the evolutionary origins of the brain and how it evolved into the remarkably complex structure found in humans. The research suggests that it is not size alone that gives more brain power, but that, during evolution, increasingly sophisticated molecular processing of nerve impulses allowed development of animals with more complex behaviors. Source: ScienceDaily: Latest Science News | 9 Jun 2008 | 6:00 pm
Heat waves, droughts and fuel prices are just a few reasons for the current global food crisis that is making headlines around the world. New research indicates that rising background levels of ozone in the atmosphere are a likely contributor to the problem, lowering the yield of important food crops, such as wheat and soybeans. Source: ScienceDaily: Latest Science News | 9 Jun 2008 | 6:00 pm
Maternal diet influences the chances of having male or female offspring. New research in Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology has demonstrated that ewes fed a diet enriched with polyunsaturated fats for one month prior to conception have a significantly higher chance of giving birth to male offspring. Source: ScienceDaily: Latest Science News | 9 Jun 2008 | 6:00 pm
AP - Elena Neralairen threw rocks at an aggressive Komodo dragon and scavenged for mussels on a remote Indonesian island where she and fellow divers were stranded for days after being swept away in treacherous currents.
AP - Astronauts on the international space station Monday flexed some of the muscles on a robotic arm attached to a new Japanese lab they delivered and helped install on the orbiting outpost.
LiveScience.com - They may "speak" different languages, but Asian and European honeybees living in the same hive can learn to translate each others' dances to help one another find food, a new study reveals.
Honeybees produce and store honey and build colonial hives from wax. The nine species of honeybees found worldwide diverged, in evolutionary terms, about 30 million to 50 million years ago and developed different dance "languages" that they use to tell each other where a tasty flower or choice nesting site is. ...
Alok Jha speaks to Piers Bizony about the future of personal space travel. Plus, behind the scenes at an animal research lab. A cure for hayfever. And bees doing the waggle dance Source: guardian.co.uk Science | 9 Jun 2008 | 1:24 pm
Japan's government promises a 60-80% cut in greenhouse gas emissions by 2050, but nothing sooner. Source: BBC News | Science/Nature | UK Edition | 9 Jun 2008 | 1:18 pm
A supercomputer built with components designed for the Sony PlayStation 3 sets a new computing milestone. Source: BBC News | Science/Nature | UK Edition | 9 Jun 2008 | 12:00 pm
Michael Fossum and Ronald Garan Jr wrapped up their work so quickly that mission control gave them some extra tasks Source: guardian.co.uk Science | 9 Jun 2008 | 11:48 am
SPACE.com - The Myanmar cyclone and Chinese earthquake disasters demonstrated that the world has plenty of
imaging satellites to monitor disasters but is still unable to make imagery and
other data easily and widely available to emergency-response teams, government
officials said. Source: Yahoo! News: Science News | 9 Jun 2008 | 11:01 am
More than 100 whales are stranded off Madagascar, as an oil company suspends surveying in the area. Source: BBC News | Science/Nature | UK Edition | 9 Jun 2008 | 9:38 am
AFP - Top economic powers have declared that the world is entering a new era of nuclear energy amid rising concerns over high oil prices and global warming, but Germany stood firmly as an exception.
It may be tougher than first thought to pick effective stem cell treatments, a Nobel Prize-winning geneticist says. Source: BBC News | Science/Nature | UK Edition | 8 Jun 2008 | 11:24 pm
Development of new technologies will fall behind due to government 'timidity', says leading expert Source: guardian.co.uk Science | 8 Jun 2008 | 11:05 pm
HOUSTON (Reuters) - Spacewalking astronauts from U.S. shuttle Discovery finished outfitting Japan's newly arrived Kibo research laboratory and carried out other tasks during 6 1/2 hours of work outside the International Space Station on Sunday.
Natural CO2 vents on the sea floor show scientists how life will be affected as carbon emissions acidify the oceans. Source: BBC News | Science/Nature | UK Edition | 8 Jun 2008 | 5:08 pm
AP - Elena Neralairen threw rocks at an aggressive Komodo dragon and scavenged for mussels on a remote Indonesian island where she and fellow divers were stranded for days after being swept away in treacherous currents.
AP - Astronauts on the international space station Monday flexed some of the muscles on a robotic arm attached to a new Japanese lab they delivered and helped install on the orbiting outpost.
LiveScience.com - They may "speak" different languages, but Asian and European honeybees living in the same hive can learn to translate each others' dances to help one another find food, a new study reveals.
Honeybees produce and store honey and build colonial hives from wax. The nine species of honeybees found worldwide diverged, in evolutionary terms, about 30 million to 50 million years ago and developed different dance "languages" that they use to tell each other where a tasty flower or choice nesting site is. ...
AFP - Top economic powers have declared that the world is entering a new era of nuclear energy amid rising concerns over high oil prices and global warming, but Germany stood firmly as an exception.